League scores and notes

Marty Brodeur continues to improve upon his return from injury as the Devils shut-out the Flyers 3-0. Brodeur had an incredible save and earned his 100th career shut-out, putting him just three behind the legendary Terry Sawchuck.

The Panthers roughed up the Caps 6-2, Ovechkin got his 46th goal in the losing effort. Pittsburgh beat Dallas 4-1, Malkin getting 3 more points to put himself 10 points ahead of Ovie. And apparently noone played goalie for either team in the Flames/Lightning game, as the Lightning outscored the Flames in a 8-6 win, jeeze.

Other news: Steve Ott gets suspended without pay for this. Yeah, I know he was checking Niedemayer from behind at the ened of the game, probably could have done with out that. But the number of Ducks, including Giguere's testicularly aimed slash, didn't land a single one of them a suspension. If you look at the video, Pronger has his gloves off, which means he should be charged with fighting but won't be. And Moen already had Ott within his grasp so I don't know how Ott is the only one to get suspended with all the other players. Don't get me wrong, I hate both of these teams with a passion but what the crap?

Edit: Apparently Ott tried to gouge Moen's eye, so yeah he deserved it. My bad.

Last Night's Games Wrap-up

Brodeur got a shut-out in his return to the Devils, which is good for him. I've always liked the way he's played so I was glad to see he was able to come back strong. Parise got 3 points (1 G, 2 A) in the Devils 4-0 win over the Avs.

Somebody tell the Bruins to stop, please. They whooped up on the Ducks 6-0. Now, clearly Jiggy isn't what he used to be for the Ducks but he's still an elite goaltender. Wonder how long it is though before they either trade Jonas Hiller or Giguere, both could bring in someone of high value. Maybe the Ducks are suffering from the trade of Chris Kunitz to the Penguins for Ryan Whitney, who knows, but the Bruins look in top form heading down the stretch.

The Caps benefited from 3 powerplay goals in their 4-3 win over the Thrashers. Nashville beat Phoenix 4-1 to put itself within one point of the playoffs. In the Western Conference playoff race, 5 teams are separated by 1 point. Should make for an interesting finish to the season.